CNS demyelination and enhanced myelin-reactive responses after ipilimumab treatment

Y Cao, A Nylander, S Ramanan, BA Goods, G Ponath… - Neurology, 2016 - AAN Enterprises
Y Cao, A Nylander, S Ramanan, BA Goods, G Ponath, R Zabad, VLS Chiang, AO Vortmeyer…
Neurology, 2016AAN Enterprises
Ipilimumab is a monoclonal antibody that prolongs survival in patients with metastatic
melanoma. 1 It targets the coinhibitory receptor cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen-4
(CTLA-4). CTLA-4 signaling induces a state of T-cell unresponsiveness, which facilitates
tumor escape from immune surveillance. Blockade of CTLA-4 is believed to shift the immune
status from T-cell exhaustion to a functional antitumor response. Anti-CTLA-4 therapy is
associated with immune-related adverse events in 64% of patients. Autoimmunity involving …
Ipilimumab is a monoclonal antibody that prolongs survival in patients with metastatic melanoma.1 It targets the coinhibitory receptor cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 (CTLA-4). CTLA-4 signaling induces a state of T-cell unresponsiveness, which facilitates tumor escape from immune surveillance. Blockade of CTLA-4 is believed to shift the immune status from T-cell exhaustion to a functional antitumor response. Anti-CTLA-4 therapy is associated with immune-related adverse events in 64% of patients. Autoimmunity involving the nervous system has a low incidence and manifests predominantly as peripheral inflammatory neuropathy.2 We report new-onset inflammatory CNS demyelination in an ipilimumab-treated melanoma patient (figure), confirmed by histology and associated with enhanced responses of myelin-reactive CD4+ T cells.
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